The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
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again" have heard from them since.
They are members of the Church OF Jesus
Christ, in good and regular standing, eminent
for consistency and piety, And so God has
made it soil-saving Church, But could
tell you Of tragic scene, when once at
the close of the service found man
in one Of these front seats, wrought upon
most nightly said TO him: what is the
matterf' He replied; 81 am captive OF
strong drink; / came from the West; 1
thought, perhaps, you could do me some goout
| find you can't do me any good; find ther6
Is no hope for me.n | said; Come into ths
ode room and we will talk together" "Oh,
nor he said, there's no need II my
going in l am lost man | have beautiful
wife have four beautiful children had
fine profession have had a thorough edu-
cation; | had every opportunity man ever
had, but am captive of strong drink uod
only knows what | suffer" said !: "be
encouraged come in here, and we'll faiE
together about it NO" he said, i
can't come; you can't do me me auy good
was on the Hudson River Railroad yester-
day, and coming down, resolved never again
to touch drop of stroug drink. While sat
there man came ina low creature-ano
sat by me; he had a whiskey fask, ana ne
said to nie:' Win you take a drink said noi
but oh how wanted it and as l said no. u
seemed that the liquor curled up around the
mouth of the flash and begged: Take mel
take mel take mer felt couldn't resist it,
and yet was determined not to drink, and
rushed out on the platform OF the car, ara
| thought | would jump off; We were
going at the rate Of forty miles
an hour, and didn't dare to Jump;
the The paroxysm of thirst went off, and | am
here tonight" | said: Come in, Fll pray
for you, and commend you to God" He
came in trembling Some of you remember.
After the service, VIC walked out and up the
street. | said You have an awful
struggle: III take you into drug
store: perhaps the doctor can give You some
medicine that will help you in your struggle,
though, after all, you will have to depend
upon the grace Of God" said to the doc-
tor: 'Can you give this man something, to
help him in his battle against strong drink
al cam replied the doctor, and he pro-
pared bottle of medicine. SAID;
''There is no alcohol in thls--no stroh2
drinkr "None at ALL" said the doctor:
"How long will this lastW inquired ~
! will last him a week" "O,n said, "gtve US
another bottle" We passed out into the
street and stood under the gasight. It was
getting late and said to the man: Il must
part with you Put your trust in the Lord,
and He tTii see you through. You Will make
use of this medicine when the paroxysm OF
| thirst comes ON A few weeks passed away
and got letter from Boston saying: Dear
friend, inclose the money you paid LOT ,nat d,
medicine have never used any OF u. Inc
thirst for strong drink has entirely gone
away from me- | send you two Or
three newspapers to show you whaI
| have been doing since ! came to Boston. "
opened the newspapers and saw accounts
| of meetings of two Of, three thousand people
| to whom this man had been preaching right
eousness, temperance, and Judgment TO
come. have heard from him again
and again since. He is faithful now,
and will be, | know, faithful to the last o,
this work of soul saving! Would God that
out of this audience to-day 500 men might
! hear the voice Of the Son of God bldnlng
them come to a glorious resurrection!
| III the offers Of the Gospel are extended to
| you, without money and without price,
and you are conscious of the fact that these
opportunities will soon be gone forever.
| The conductor of a rail-train was telling me
| of the fact that be was one night standing
! by his train on side track, his
| train having been switched off SO that
the express train might dart past unhindered
| He said while he stood there in the darkness,
| beside his train on the side-track. he heard
the thunder of the express in the distance.
| Then he saw the fash of the headlight
| The train came with fearful velocity,
nearer and nearer, until after awhile. when IL
came very near 10y the flash OF the headlight,
he saw that the switchman, either through in
| toxication or indifference, had not attended to
his duty, and that the train, unless something
were done immediately, would rush on the
side track and dash the other train to atoms.
He shouted to the switchman: ''Set up that
switch!n and with one stroke the switch
went back, and the express thundered
| on. o, men and women, going on toward
the eternal world, swift as the years, swift as
the months, swift as the days, swift as the
hours, swift as the minutes, swift as the sec
onds-on what track are you runnings To
ward light or darkness! Toward victory or
defeats Toward heaven or helll Set up that
switch. Cry aloud to God. Now is the day
| of salvation